Fresh plans have been put forward to build homes on land behind a former Derby pub which has since been turned into a convenience store.

Derby house-builder Chevin Homes has applied to Derby City Council to build the properties on disused land off Bosworth Avenue, Sunny Hill, behind the former Blue Pool pub, in Stenson Road, which is now a Tesco Express.

It is understood that the land on which the homes would be built, which measures just under an acre, was once the pub's beer garden and rear car park. But the land has not been used ever since the pub closed in 2009 and then subsequently converted into a convenience store.

The plans would see a mix of semi-detached single and two-storey homes built on the site, which would be served by 28 parking spaces. Access to the development would be from Bosworth Avenue.

The site is bounded by the rear gardens of properties along Stenson Road, Sunnyhill Avenue and the side of the rear gardens of two properties in Bosworth Avenue.

This aerial shot shows the patch of land behind the Tesco Express where the proposed homes would be built (Image: Google)

Back in 2010, Westleigh Developments applied to the city council to build 15 homes on the same plot. But residents in Bosworth Avenue objected to the scheme arguing that the houses would "spoil the peace and quiet" of the cul-de-sac.

The council's planning committee rejected the scheme - despite it being granted outline planning permission in 2008. When the detailed permission was refused, Westleigh appealed against the decision.

But the council's decision was upheld by an independent planning inspector on the grounds that the proposals would have "adversely affected the living conditions" of two neighbouring properties because of the loss of sunlight and its visual impact.

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According to planning documents for the latest proposal, which have been submitted on behalf of Chevin by architects Pick Everard, the scheme has been designed to ensure that the impact on neighbouring homes is reduced.

It said: "Development proposals will be carefully designed so as to avoid unacceptable overbearing impacts and loss of privacy. The design team will take account of differences in topography between nearby buildings, position of existing and proposed windows that serve habitable rooms and the location of existing and proposed private amenity space, all of which could contribute to impact on neighbouring amenity.

The Blue Pool pub closed in 2009 and was then turned into a Tesco Express

"A clear issue likely to have informed the refusal on the previous planning application is that the previous site layout proposed a number of two-storey plots to the north of the site, where distances to existing dwellings are less spacious, thereby creating potential for over-shadowing, impact on amenity and impact on privacy.